摧毁 meaning in English

cuīhuǐ

to destroy; to wreck

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 摧毀27 strokes

Meaning of 摧毁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cuīhuǐ
  1. to destroy; to wreck

摧毁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

伦lún敦dūn许xǔ多duō部bù份fèn在zài十shí七qī世shì纪jì时shí被bèi摧cuī毁huǐ。
Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.
这zhè座zuò城chéng市shì在zài战zhàn争zhēng中zhōng被bèi摧cuī毁huǐ。
The city was destroyed in the war.
你nǐ想xiǎng成chéng为wéi自zì由yóu就jiù摧cuī毁huǐ你nǐ的de电diàn视shì。
If you want to be free, destroy your television set.
我wǒ摧cuī毁huǐ了le所suǒ有yǒu的de证zhèng据jù。
I destroyed all the evidence.
他tā们men的de房fáng屋wū被bèi强qiáng烈liè地dì震zhèn摧cuī毁huǐ了le。
They had their houses destroyed by a strong earthquake.

Stroke order for each character

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摧 cuī · to destroy · 14 strokes

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毁 huǐ · to destroy · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 摧毁.

毁灭huǐmièto perish; to ruin
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁xiāohuǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
毁坏huǐhuàito damage; to devastate
毁掉huǐdiàoto destroy
坠毁zhuìhuǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
炸毁zhàhuǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
毁灭性huǐmièxìngdestructive; devastating
自毁zìhuǐto destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct
摧残cuīcánto ravage; to ruin
损毁sǔnhuǐto damage; to wreck; to destroy
诋毁dǐhuǐto vilify; to slander

Questions about 摧毁

What does 摧毁 mean?

摧毁 (cuīhuǐ) means "to destroy; to wreck" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 摧毁?

摧毁 is made of 2 characters: 摧 (14 strokes), 毁 (13 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.

Is 摧毁 an HSK word?

Yes. 摧毁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 摧毁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 摧毁 is written 摧毀.